The purpose of the present study was to compare the productivity of a fungal enzyme, invertase (sucrase o 13 fructo-furanosidase EC3.2.1.26) of Aspergillus niger grown in solid state fermentation (SSF) and submerged fermentation (SmF). Poliurethane foam was used as inert support in SSF experiments. One of the objectives was to...
Chitin is one of the most abundant biopolymers on earth together and with the chitosan, its main derivative, they have shown several applications. Shrimp wastes represent a source of chitin that allows recovery of this compound and this process resolves an environmental problem. Chitin and chitosan are produced industrially by...
Colletotrichum gloeosporioides es un hongo fitopatógeno causante de la antracnosis de frutos en climas tropicales y subtropicales, mucho se ha estudiado sobre la patogénesis de este hongo con el fin de disminuir la infección hacia los cultivos, son pocos los reportes que actualmente existen sobre su producción de enzimas quitina...